Author: Alonna Despain, November 2020.
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Making Over the Moudawana: Legal Reform and Women’s Rights in Morocco
International Law and Human Rights
Water, Women and El Salvador: The Struggle and How to Help
Author: Jessica Lobo, May 2020.
“Salvadorans have created a General Water Law that would include a legal provision of the Human Right to Water in their constitution. This law explicitly acknowledges the gendered aspect of water and calls for open participation (Legislative Assembly of the Republic of El Salvador). Nonetheless, there is still a long way to go for women, water, and water management in El Salvador. The law has yet to be ratified by the Salvadoran government, and therefore, issues between women and water persist despite an awareness of the issue (Gies).”
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Attacks on Education: Approaches to improving safe access to education and the psychosocial well-being of children in Syria
Author: Julie Meier, October 2019.
“While schools are meant to be safe learning spaces, the right to education is often compromised during times of conflict (“What Schools Can Do” 3). In Syria, attacks on education not only prevent children from receiving the education to which they are entitled, but such attacks also severely affect their psychosocial well-being.”
No Paradise for Refugees in the Caribbean: The Challenges Faced by Venezuelan Refugees in Trinidad and Tobago
Author: Milene Carvalho, 2019.
“Trinidad and Tobago, located by just 6.8 miles (11km) from the Venezuelan coast, has received the highest number of refugees in the region, with approximately 60,000 Venezuelans reaching the country of 1.3 million people (Otis). Despite the high number of arrivals, Trinidad and Tobago has been failing to provide legal protection to Venezuelans, leaving them in a legal limbo and vulnerable to exploitation and abuse…”
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Sex Education as a Human Right and How United States Law Is Denying its Citizens
Author: Caro Confort, 2019.
“Currently in the United States, legislation concerning sex education in schools is created at the state level, rather than federal. This means that there are no laws creating a nation-wide standard with which all sex education curricula must be held. As a result, sex education in the US is incredibly problematic and must be critically evaluated.”
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The Symbolism Behind the Murder of Anna Politkovskaya in Russia
Author: Spencer Harvey, 2018.
“On October 7, 2006, Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya left her apartment in Moscow to run errands (Smith 493), just as she would on any normal autumn day…”
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How Effective is the United Nations in Dealing With Statelessness?
Author: George Edwards, 2018.
“There are an estimated 10 million people affected by statelessness worldwide…”
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Libya and Syria: A Tale of Two United Nations
Author: Mike Kriner, 2018.
“How are we to understand the inducement for the UN’s authorization to use force in Libya and the lack thereof in Syria?…”
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How Social Media Influences the Islamic State’s Use of Children and Youth
Author: Eric Seng, 2018.
“Since the first spears were hurled at opposing forces thousands of years ago and continuing today with automatic weapons and suicide bombs, children have been associated with armed groups participating in conflict and war…”
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Workers of the U.S., Disunite? Studying Anti-Union Rhetoric and Its Effects on Public Support for Organized Labor
Author: John V. Kane, 2017
“During times of widespread economic hardship, it is not uncommon to observe public vilification and scapegoating of particular societal groups…”
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